Former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, as new secretary general of Nato, will have to tackle Russian attacks on European security.
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Nato member countries are facing a number of security threats including sabotage.
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The next Nato leader will need all his consensus-building skill and pragmatism to steer the organisation through an era of ‘polycrisis’.
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A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
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Volodymyr Zelensky and his friends in the west are failing to get support from the rest of the world for their demand that Russia completely withdraw from Ukraine.
The national flags of some NATO countries fly during an Air Force exercise in Germany on June 11, 2024.
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NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene in a particular conflict.
Ukrainian soldiers unload supplies from a truck in Kharkiv Oblast.
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Recruiters are struggling to find enough men to counter a Russian invasion that has gained momentum in recent months.
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A selection of our coverage of the war in Ukraine from the past fortnight.
Firefighters battle a blaze in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city which has been under Russian bombardment since the war began.
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Washington’s policy shift will change the dynamics of the battle for Ukraine’s second city.
Donald Trump at his New York trial.
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Donald Trump’s consistent attacks on the US justice system may have done significant damage.
Navy ships from Nato members on an exercise in the Baltic Sea in 2020.
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A rogue document apparently showing Russian intention to expand its territory in the Baltic region surfaced in the past few days.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Donald Trump has not been a huge fan of Nato and has suggested the US could reduce its commitment.
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Trump is sending mixed messages about his planned foreign policy decisions, if he becomes president.
US soldiers on manoeuvres in Poland with Nato allies.
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Without the US’s stockpile of nuclear weapons to protect it, Europe may have to increase its defences.
France and the UK are leading European military support for Ukraine, and putting pressure on Germany to follow.
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Britain and France are working together to create coalitions to support Ukraine, with some success.
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The promised weapons will give Ukraine some breathing space on the battlefield, but victory against Russia is far from assured.
Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, arrives in Beijing to meet President Xi on April 15 2024.
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President Xi is looking to play a wider international role, meetings with other national leaders suggest.
Members of Ukraine’s ‘Siberian Battalion’ training near Kyiv, APril 2024.
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Russia is making steady territorial gains in advance of a possible spring offensive. Without western aid Ukraine has few air defences left.
Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska, with Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, in February 2024.
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Tension in the western Balkans, which has been troubled by ethnic tensions since the wars of the 1990s, is becoming an increasing concern for the EU and Nato.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, National Defence Minister Bill Blair and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland release Canada’s new defence policy during a news conference at CFB Trenton on April 8, 2024.
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The 20-year timeline of Canada’s new defence policy, and the fact that several proposed investments will “be explored,” raises serious questions about its commitment to pull its weight in NATO.